Dawit Gurgenidze

The study composers Dawit Gurgenidse (left) and Jan Rusinek at the PCCC conference in 1993 in Bratislava

Dawit Gurgenidze ( Georgian დავით გურგენიძე ; born September 26, 1953 in Sagaredscho , Kakheti ) is a Georgian chess player, organizer and author. He is one of the leading study composers in the world.

Chess organizer

Gurgenidze is Georgia's delegate at the annual meetings of the Standing Commission for Chess Composition at FIDE and has worked there for years in the Study subcommission.

Gurgenidze works in the Georgian Chess Federation.

Study composer

Gurgenidze has composed more than 700 studies, several hundred of which have received awards. He is particularly good at handling towers. He often depicts features whose meaning only becomes apparent much later. One such study is the following well-known example that he created at the beginning of his activity. Also on Matt - and stalemate pictures he has specialized.

Dawit Gurgenidze
(after ND Grigoryev )
64 , 1970

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

White draws and holds a draw

Solution:

1. Ka2 – a3 !!
This move is already the study idea. It seems more natural to move the king in the direction of the opposing h-pawn, but on move 5 it turns out that the b3-square is needed for something else. If Black wins the knight, White gets into the square of the h-pawn in good time .
1.… Ke7 – e6!
2. Nh7 – f8 +! Ke6 – f5
3. Nf8 – d7 h6 – h5
4. Nd7 – c5! h5 – h4
5. Nc5 – b3 !! h4 – h3
6. Nb3 – d2 h3 – h2
6.… Kf4 7. Nf1 Kf3 8. Kb4 Kf2 9. Nh2 Kg2 10. Ng4 Kg3 11. Ne3 h2 12. Nf1 + also with a draw.
7. Nd2 – f1 h2 – h1D
8. Nf1 – g3 + and the knight managed to catch the pawn in time.

author

Gurgenidze published numerous books and booklets on endgames and studies. Lately he has made a name for himself by introducing the endgame theorists of the past and present in words and pictures as well as their achievements. He very often refers to the practical game.

• Iuri Akobia, Davit Gurgenidse: Study Mosaic . 13 volumes, 1995–2002

title

In 1990 FIDE awarded Gurgenidse the title of Grand Master for Chess Composition , and in 1994 he became International Referee for Chess Composition .

Web links

Commons : Dawit Gurgenidse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gurgenidze with study composers on a boat tour to Mount Athos during the 47th PCCC Congress 2004 in Chalkidiki (Greece)
• Gurgenidze with compatriots on a boat tour to Mount Athos during the 47th PCCC Congress 2004 in Chalkidiki (Greece)
• Compositions by Dawit Gurgenidse on the Schwalbe's PDB server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grand Master for Chess Composition